Patents by Inventor Mark Lawrence THOMPSON

Mark Lawrence THOMPSON has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • PROCESS TO PRODUCE MONO-RHAMNOLIPIDS
    Publication number: 20240093257
    Abstract: The invention concerns a process to convert di-rhamnolipid to mono-rhamnolipid, using an ?-L-rhamnosidase enzyme which has a sequence identity of at least 70% with either SEQ ID. 1 or SEQ. ID 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2022
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: Conopco, Inc., d/b/a UNILEVER
    Inventors: Natalia Eliza Iyke DOMERADZKA, Dietmar Andreas LANG, Neil James PARRY, Mark Lawrence THOMPSON
  • PROCESS TO PRODUCE MONO-RHAMNOLIPIDS
    Publication number: 20240084353
    Abstract: The invention concerns a process to convert di-rhamnolipid to mono-rhamnolipid comprising the following process steps: —(a) contact of a starting di-rhamnolipid material with an ?-L-rhamnosidase enzyme which is immobilised on a support; (b) separation of the produced mono-rhamnolipid from the reaction medium and/or side products; wherein the ?-L-rhamnosidase enzyme does not have ?-D-glucosidase activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2022
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: Conopco, Inc., d/b/a UNILEVER
    Inventors: Natalia Eliza Iyke DOMERADZKA, Dietmar Andreas LANG, Neil James PARRY, Mark Lawrence THOMPSON
  • DETERGENT COMPOSITION
    Publication number: 20230112279
    Abstract: The invention provides a method of inhibiting lipase activity in a detergent composition, said method involving incorporation of from 0.25 to 40 wt. % of a saponin into said lipase containing composition, wherein said detergent composition preferably is a home care detergent composition, more preferably a laundry detergent composition; and to the use of saponin to inhibit lipase activity in a detergent composition, preferably a laundry detergent composition, wherein the saponin is present in the detergent formulation at a level of from 0.25 to 40 wt. %, wherein said detergent composition preferably is a home care detergent composition, more preferably a laundry detergent composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Applicant: Conopco, Inc., d/b/a UNILEVER
    Inventors: Sarah Louise HOSKING, Dietmar Andreas LANG, Mark Lawrence THOMPSON, Ian Malcolm TUCKER